Two faculty members named Fellows of AAAS
Runze Li and Raymond Schaak have been named as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed by peers upon members of the AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society and the publisher of the journal Science.
Runze Li, Holder of the Eberly Family Chair in Statistics, was selected for “distinguished contributions to the eld of statistics, particularly in high-dimensional data analysis, and for an outstanding record on teaching, mentoring, and professional service.” Li’s research involves several fields of statistics, including high-dimensional data analysis, variable selection, and longitudinal data analysis. Li also studies various statistical applications such as design and modeling for behavioral science, computer experiments, genetic-data analysis, and brain-image analysis.
Raymond Schaak, DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry, was selected for “distinguished contributions to the field of materials synthesis, particularly for the development of new methods to synthesize nanocrystalline solids with targeted structures and properties.” In his research, Schaak combines ideas and tools from solid-state chemistry, molecular chemistry, and nanoscience, with the goal of developing new chemical methods to make complex nanoscale solids that could impact such areas as energy, catalysis, optics, and medicine.